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Senate housing committee advances two bills, rejects one; chair declines another
Summary
On Feb. 12 the Senate Committee on Housing and Development adopted amendments and sent Senate Bills 15‑21 and 15‑61 to the floor with 'do pass' recommendations, failed to advance Senate Bill 15‑78, and announced it would not move forward on Senate Bill 15‑64.
Chair Pham opened the Feb. 12 meeting of the Senate Committee on Housing and Development and led consideration of multiple work sessions and motions.
The committee adopted the dash‑2 amendment to Senate Bill 15‑21 and then moved the bill, as amended, to the Senate floor with a 'do pass' recommendation. LPRO summarized SB 15‑21 as a measure allowing local governments in the Portland metropolitan area to require new multiunit residential developments to include a minimum number of affordable units only if the jurisdiction offsets the expected loss in marginal value caused by the requirement; the dash‑2 amendment gives local jurisdictions more control over…
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